scythingn.

/ˈsʌɪðɪŋ/

Etymology: < scythe v. + -ing suffix¹.

The action of the verb; the result of this, scythed grass, etc. Also figurative.

ΘΚΠ

the world > food and drink > farming > cultivation or tillage > cultivation of plants or crops > harvesting > [noun] > cutting, reaping, or mowing > cutting with scythe or sickle

sickling1598

wheta1628

scything1969

1969 Gloss. Landscape Work (B.S.I.) v. 21 Scything, 1. The cutting of grass with a scythe. 2. Now usually the cutting of long grass, or other vegetation, either with a scythe or by a machine with reciprocating blades.

1969 M. Poole in R. Blythe Akenfield xii. 196 Back she arrived later when I was lying on the scythings.

1978 Maledicta 2 232 In order to give you a taste of the ‘vilest venom’ of scholarly verbal aggression mentioned in our first issue..I wish to share with you excerpts from Zizi Quirk's scything of Maledicta.

This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1982; most recently modified version published online March 2019).

scythingadj.

/ˈsʌɪðɪŋ/

Etymology: < scythe v. + -ing suffix².

That cuts like a scythe; having the sweeping action of a scythe. Also figurative.

ΘΚΠ

the world > the earth > weather and the atmosphere > weather > wind > [adjective] > cold or keen

keen1340

bleaky1687

scourya1774

naked1822

scything1822

shy1828

the world > existence and causation > creation > destruction > cutting > [adjective] > cutting off or away (with an instrument)

shearing1487

snip-snap1600

scything1822

whittling1839

the world > movement > progressive motion > specific manner of progressive motion > [adjective] > continuously > and rapidly or forcibly > like a scythe

scything1822

1822 ‘B. Cornwall’ Flood of Thessaly i. 448 Fierce as the North In March, when scything blasts strip all the bones.

1960 E. Hamilton Great Teresa i. 37 The black, scything wings of swifts dipping and swerving.

1963 Times 17 May 5/4 Smith's scything forehand stroke.

1978 Daily Tel. 18 Feb. 1 Some victims were killed by collapsing masonry and scything debris.

This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1911; most recently modified version published online March 2019).

单词	scything
释义	scythingn. /ˈsʌɪðɪŋ/ Etymology: < scythe v. + -ing suffix¹. The action of the verb; the result of this, scythed grass, etc. Also figurative. ΘΚΠ the world > food and drink > farming > cultivation or tillage > cultivation of plants or crops > harvesting > [noun] > cutting, reaping, or mowing > cutting with scythe or sickle sickling1598 wheta1628 scything1969 1969 Gloss. Landscape Work (B.S.I.) v. 21 Scything, 1. The cutting of grass with a scythe. 2. Now usually the cutting of long grass, or other vegetation, either with a scythe or by a machine with reciprocating blades. 1969 M. Poole in R. Blythe Akenfield xii. 196 Back she arrived later when I was lying on the scythings. 1978 Maledicta 2 232 In order to give you a taste of the ‘vilest venom’ of scholarly verbal aggression mentioned in our first issue..I wish to share with you excerpts from Zizi Quirk's scything of Maledicta. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1982; most recently modified version published online March 2019). scythingadj. /ˈsʌɪðɪŋ/ Etymology: < scythe v. + -ing suffix². That cuts like a scythe; having the sweeping action of a scythe. Also figurative. ΘΚΠ the world > the earth > weather and the atmosphere > weather > wind > [adjective] > cold or keen keen1340 bleaky1687 scourya1774 naked1822 scything1822 shy1828 the world > existence and causation > creation > destruction > cutting > [adjective] > cutting off or away (with an instrument) shearing1487 snip-snap1600 scything1822 whittling1839 the world > movement > progressive motion > specific manner of progressive motion > [adjective] > continuously > and rapidly or forcibly > like a scythe scything1822 1822 ‘B. Cornwall’ Flood of Thessaly i. 448 Fierce as the North In March, when scything blasts strip all the bones. 1960 E. Hamilton Great Teresa i. 37 The black, scything wings of swifts dipping and swerving. 1963 Times 17 May 5/4 Smith's scything forehand stroke. 1978 Daily Tel. 18 Feb. 1 Some victims were killed by collapsing masonry and scything debris. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1911; most recently modified version published online March 2019). < n.1969adj.1822
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